Non-fiction
"Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing." Joan Didion
This section is where you can learn from others. Anything from public speaking, recipes, self-improvement to politics. If you do enjoy a good story, be sure to have a look at the autobiographies - truth can sometimes be much stranger than fiction.
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FEATURED AUTHOR - Anna Stuart wanted to be an author from the moment she could pick up a pen and was writing boarding-school novels by the age of nine. She made the early mistake of thinking she ought to get a ‘proper job’ and went into Factory Planning—a career that provided her with wonderful experiences, amazing friends, and even a fantastic husband, but didn’t offer much creative scope. When she stopped having children, she took the chance to start the ‘improper job’ of writing.